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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Talbot Collection Subject Commercial Buildings

1. Talbot Photo 1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(20)
Title:
Oxford High Street with the Spire of St Mary's. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on sensitised side: g 29. View taken from an upper storey, looking diagonally across the High Street towards shops, with the spire of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin rising beyond. Some retouching in black ink in sky area.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(78)
Title:
[Carts on an unidentified street.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Stationary carts placed along an unidentified high street that is on an incline. This photograph has been attributed to Talbot. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(229)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(229)
Title:
[Old Houses, Wind Street, Swansea.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Quality rating 'A', inscribed in ink on verso: '174' and in pencil '1 good copy - Not to be Waxed'. Genre: Architectural Photography A view diagonally across a street to somewhat rickety terraced houses and shops. A print from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (620). Im...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(258)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(258)
Title:
[Bristol Harbour.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A view across the harbour from a first floor window, it shows a moored fishing boat with shops and a tavern running along the opposite bank. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(262)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(262)
Title:
[Village Crossroad.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A street intersection with a small rickety cottage on the corner and taller shops to one side. There is a small amount of chemical spotting. Image size 169 x 217 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(275)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(275)
Title:
Inn, Bromsgrove. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Quality rating 'a'. Inscribed in ink on verso: '164. Inn, Bromsgrove'. Genre: Architectural Photography Section of the high street focussing on the façade of a half-timber building; the ground floor of the building has been divided into an inn on one side and a shop front on the o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(287)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(287)
Title:
[Mechelen: St Rombout's Tower from beside Bridge.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View over a bridge to a row of multi-storey Flemish buildings, with St Rombout's Tower in the distance. A print almost of the same view can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (422). Image size 173 x 212 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846?
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(313)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(313)
Title:
[Statue of William III, Dublin.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Slightly angled view of the equestrian sculpture, taken from an elevated standpoint, with part of the rotund building of the Bank of Ireland behind. Trimmed negative. Photograph attributed to Calvert Jones.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(321)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(321)
Title:
The Corso, Catania. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: [Title and Bridges's signature on verso.] Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated position looking along the street below, on the right side of the street the dome of the cathedral is visible. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 2(219)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(219)
Title:
[La Madeleine, Paris.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the street towards the porticoed façade of the church, with a row of shops to the right. Chemistry brush-applied on paper 187 x 229 mm. [Schaaf 812.]
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1843-Jun 1843
Extent:
1 item